Research shows that people with non-mainstream or non-native accents are less likely to be promoted and earn lower wages. Even communicating with peers can be increasingly hard as speech barriers come ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Over the past four years, nearly 7,000 people have injected, smoked or otherwise used street drugs like fentanyl ...

Q: Do Indianapolis dwellers have a distinguishable accent? A: If you’re hoping for something as distinctive as Chicago (where “this” is “dis”) or Boston (where a “yard” is a “yad”), the answer is no.

From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research to prove it. The iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who ...

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Throughout “Task,” the seven-episode crime thriller that concluded on HBO on Oct. 19, viewers were re-introduced to the specific Delaware County, Pa. accent that they’d perhaps first heard in HBO’s ...

Maybe it was all the pioneers from around Great Britain. Maybe it's just the laid-back way of life in the West. We're not sure where the Utah accent comes from, but there's no doubt we have a distinct ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work for a small, family-run restaurant. The owner is from Ukraine. She is fluent in English, but speaks with a notable accent. I am from the area the restaurant is located in, ...

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"Task" star Tom Pelphrey wants people to critique his Delaware County accent — at least that's what he said Wednesday on "Late Night with Seth Meyers." In the HBO crime series, Pelphrey plays Robbie ...